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    Semayne's Case (January 1, 1604) 5 Coke Rep. 91, is an English common law case reported by Sir Edward Coke, who was then the Attorney General of England...
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    law has required law enforcement to knock-and-announce since at least Semayne's case (1604). In Miller v. United States (1958), the Supreme Court of the...
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  • derived from the dictum that "an Englishman's home is his castle" (see Semayne's case). This concept was established as English law by the 17th century jurist...
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    Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution (category United States Fourth Amendment case law)
    the Fourth Amendment finds its origin in English legal doctrine. In Semayne's case (1604), Sir Edward Coke stated: "The house of every one is to him as...
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  • they have been outlawed in alll common law jurisdictions as a resut Semayne's case (1604) and later in Entick v Carrington. Unlike most common law jurisdictions...
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    Case (1584) 76 ER 637, that the task of a court in construing any statute is to find its mischief and the intention of Parliament, and Semayne's Case...
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  • Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights Entick v Carrington Semayne's case Wicks, Elizabeth; Rainey, Bernadette; Ovey, Clare (12 June 2014). Jacobs...
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    Case (1584) 76 ER 637, that the task of a court in construing any statute is to find its mischief and the intention of Parliament, and Semayne's Case...
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  • law has required law enforcement to knock-and-announce since at least Semayne's case (1604), and in Miller v. United States (1958), the Supreme Court of...
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  • freedom of property, summed up in the phrase of Sir Edward Coke in Semayne's case that every man's home is his castle. Following that was the transition...
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    United Kingdom constitutional law (category United Kingdom constitutional case law)
    Case (1584) 76 ER 637, that the task of a court in construing any statute is to find its mischief and the intention of Parliament, and Semayne's Case...
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  • Retrieved 30 October 2013. Clayton & Tomlinson (2009), para. 11.302. Semayne’s case (1604) 77 Eng Rep 194, Sir Edward Coke, 'The house of every one is to...
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    Year Books (the records of litigation from about 1300 to 1535). In Semayne's case (1604) 77 ER 194, Sir Edward Coke used the same phrase. Pitt the Elder...
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    to enter homes, overturning a centuries-old doctrine, confirmed by Semayne's case (1604), that "an Englishman's home is his castle". This had been described...
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  • Échos. (fr) "En France, quatre réacteurs nucléaires arrêtés plusieurs semaynes de plus à cause de corrosion" archive, in Libération, 25 august 2022 (accessed...
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